Kamatamare Sanuki manager K. Mochizuki looking for three points in Cerezo Osaka U23 showdown

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Competition: Wed 09.December
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pikara Stadium (22338 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the J3-League, with both Kamatamare Sanuki and Cerezo Osaka U23 experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 16th and the visitors in 17th place.

Insights:
  • Kamatamare Sanuki have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cerezo Osaka U23 has the fewest scored goals (27) in J3-League

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

16-7-18 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Cerezo Osaka U23 when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 41 matches are 55-64 (scored/conceded).

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Kamatamare Sanuki form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J3-League this season. Kamatamare Sanuki have only managed 3 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Pikara Stadium. With Kamatamare having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager K. Mochizuki.

Stress levels are on the rise for Kamatamare's attacking players as they have now played 180 minutes without scoring in a league game. H. Ikegaya (own goal) was their last goal scorer.

Kamatamare lost their last game at Kataller Toyama (placed 5th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Gifu (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kamatamare Sanuki handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and three defeats.

Kamatamare are traveling soon after this match as the J3-League match at Roasso Kumamoto awaits in four days.

Kamatamare have scored 14 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. Kamatamare have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Cerezo Osaka U23 form and stats

There's been little loot from Cerezo Osaka U23's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 16 away games in the J3-League. Cerezo Osaka U23, who have the fewest scored goals (27) in J3-League, only have 2 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 4 draws. Cerezo has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Cerezo are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the J3-League against Fujieda MYFC (placed 10th). A 1-2 defeat away at Kataller Toyama before that.

Cerezo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, zero draws and seven defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Cerezo Osaka U23 are hosting Grulla Morioka in the J3-League only four days away.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cerezo have conceded 30 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Cerezo Osaka U23 - Kamatamare 1-1. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - one - two (Kamatamare wins - draws - Cerezo Osaka U23 wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Kamatamare SanukiK. Shigematsu
K. Shigematsu
8 goals

Kamatamare Sanuki missing players

Cerezo Osaka U23 missing players

Kamatamare Sanuki Cerezo Osaka U23
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 16 31
6 3 1 Won W 1 2 5
9 4 1 Drew D 1 4 9
16 8 2 Lost L 2 10 17
30 14 7 Scored S 6 14 27
47 20 7 Conceded C 8 30 52
94% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 75% 81%
68% 60% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 68%
42% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 45%
23% 13% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 26%
16% 13% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 19%
55% 53% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 31% 42%
16% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 31% 29%
35% 40% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 62% 48%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 0.9 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.7 10.1 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.6 8.2
3.4 3.3 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 3.1
28% 29% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 28%
Key stats in J3-League this season:
  • Cerezo Osaka U23 has the fewest points (10) away in J3-League
  • Cerezo Osaka U23 has the fewest scored goals (27) in J3-League
  • Cerezo Osaka U23 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in J3-League
  • Cerezo Osaka U23 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cerezo Osaka U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kamatamare Sanuki have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Blaublitz Akita 31 21 8 2 54 14 17 10 5 2 27 10 14 11 3 0 27 4 40 71
2 Parceiro Nagano 31 16 7 8 44 24 15 9 1 5 20 11 16 7 6 3 24 13 20 55
3 Sagamihara 31 14 12 5 39 33 15 8 6 1 23 15 16 6 6 4 16 18 6 54
4 Gifu 31 15 7 9 48 37 16 6 5 5 19 19 15 9 2 4 29 18 11 52
5 Kataller Toyama 31 15 5 11 49 36 16 7 2 7 23 17 15 8 3 4 26 19 13 50
6 Gainare Tottori 31 15 5 11 43 35 15 8 2 5 22 15 16 7 3 6 21 20 8 50
7 Imabari 31 13 10 8 33 24 15 4 5 6 15 18 16 9 5 2 18 6 9 49
8 Kagoshima United 31 15 4 12 45 39 15 7 2 6 19 21 16 8 2 6 26 18 6 49
9 Roasso Kumamoto 31 14 6 11 51 45 15 8 2 5 30 23 16 6 4 6 21 22 6 48
10 Fujieda MYFC 31 12 7 12 44 43 15 7 3 5 21 17 16 5 4 7 23 26 1 43
11 Fukushima United 31 11 6 14 43 49 16 5 5 6 22 24 15 6 1 8 21 25 -6 39
12 Grulla Morioka 31 9 9 13 29 45 17 5 4 8 18 31 14 4 5 5 11 14 -16 36
13 Azul Claro Numazu 31 10 5 16 31 36 15 6 4 5 19 15 16 4 1 11 12 21 -5 35
14 Gamba Osaka U23 31 8 8 15 37 47 15 5 3 7 19 22 16 3 5 8 18 25 -10 32
15 Vanraure Hachinohe 31 7 9 15 38 51 17 4 5 8 20 26 14 3 4 7 18 25 -13 30
16 Kamatamare Sanuki 31 6 9 16 30 47 15 3 4 8 14 20 16 3 5 8 16 27 -17 27
17 Cerezo Osaka U23 31 5 9 17 27 52 15 3 5 7 13 22 16 2 4 10 14 30 -25 24
18 YSCC 31 4 12 15 35 63 15 2 6 7 19 31 16 2 6 8 16 32 -28 24